How big can an inverted LEGO pyramid get?

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There is a lot to say about this video.
1. It was created from the contents of 3+ hours of live streaming. You can also check out a super cut of the original live streams here: • Bending Bricks - EP1 -...
2. Access to the original live streams is available to my patrons on Patreon ( / brickbending )
3. The raw footage for this video had a number of issues because of #1 -- camera auto white balance, auto focus, and intermittent lag to name a few. All things considered I consider the final product here a huge win.
4. A fantastic video editor did 99% of the heavy lifting on this video, and worked some serious magic with rough raw materials. Go check out Zeke at his channel: / @zekromzeke
5. This build is 100% legal. Go figure.
6. I hope you like orange.
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Build notes for the Inverted Pyramid
- Piece count: 3666
- Layers: 23
- 2x3 inverted wedge bricks: 2444
- 2x2 tiles: 1222
- 21.5in X 22.5in (54.5cm X 57cm)
- Weight: 9.8 lbs (4.44kg)
Special Thanks to Patreon supporters: Beyond the Brick, TweekLW, and usujason
#lego #brickbending #legoart

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@user-eo6wh1ky3o Месяц назад

Thanks!

@NotAU Месяц назад

PIN THIS DUDE

@BrickBending Месяц назад

@user-eo6wh1ky3o thank you AGAIN! This is your second Super Thanks, and I'm very, very, very grateful. You can make a safe guess what I will spent this on. 😂🙏☺

@NotAU Месяц назад

@@BrickBending Legos

@user-eo6wh1ky3o Месяц назад

I will always support a fellow Lego playmate!!!

@jackthehacker05 5 дней назад

@@NotAULEGO

@Mulakulu Месяц назад

You can't make a beacon out of copper blocks

@thefanfinfulo Месяц назад

I think it should tho, make copper just slightly more useful, but they rarely implement shit like that unfortunately

@ScoutThePurple7 Месяц назад

lol

@Mulakulu Месяц назад

@@thefanfinfulo I think it'd be too cheap, but hey, Minecraft is already an unbalanced mess so idk

@thefanfinfulo Месяц назад

@@Mulakulu that's true ngl, maybe make it have a weaker buff but it would be pretty useless altogether

@thebillyd00 Месяц назад

@@Mulakuluis copper that much more common that iron? (I haven't played in years)

@JeepnHeel Месяц назад

Thank you for always understanding the dire importance of "ok let's give it a quick spin"

@BrickBending Месяц назад

I feel it in my bones!

@LilythathappenstobeinaValley 29 дней назад

SPIIIIIIIINNNNNNN

@MegawackyMax Месяц назад

I think this is the most legal build he's done so far. Well done!

@seav80 Месяц назад

Was looking for this comment.

@xxPenjoxx Месяц назад

I don't wholly understand the cut-offs. Is this a fully legal build?

@brandynpennington 27 дней назад

@@xxPenjoxxyes there’s no unnecessary tension on it

@AdamCourter 27 дней назад

Yea, honestly disappointed by this channel. It's called brick BENDING. Jeez (I'm joking, love the video)

@tristanmitchell1242 24 дня назад

@xxPenjoxx yeah, it is fully legal. A build is "illegal" if it bends or stresses pieces, like putting a plate between studs pushes the studs apart and this causes damage. This build is fully on the grid and all properly clicked together, and thus legal.

@whatiszay Месяц назад

I tapped the screen to double check that the video was finishing up since the build was getting so big. The video was halfway.

@eu4um Месяц назад

I wanna see someone do a calculation of how many individual bricks it would take to make this the same size as the Pyramid of Giza, and at what point the bricks at the tip could collapse under the weight.

@robertrohrer8535 Месяц назад

Or if faced up how many brick till the bottom deformed from the weight

@staskuzmenko Месяц назад

Well, we can assume that the first point of failure will be the very bottom 2x2 pad of bricks. The compressive strength of Lego is up to 4240 Newtons, or 432.6 kg. The description of this build says that there are 1222 "assemblies" of three pieces and that the entire thing is 4.44 kg, so each assembly is 3.63 g. As a result, a pyramid could have a maximum of 119064 assemblies without breaking. This pyramid uses the following sequence for the total number of assemblies per floor (shifted by one) OEIS A002623 This tells us that the pyramid could have a maximum of 111 floors before the bottom brick gave out.

@adamoliver82 Месяц назад

@@staskuzmenko Nice work.

@polkopolopop Месяц назад

@@staskuzmenko - Very interesting. What would it be if it was the right way up? The load would surely be much more spread?

@charlenemack7040 Месяц назад

16,792,375,000,000

@drillerdev4624 Месяц назад

I do like orange, but had it been dark grey, and with a proper background and lighting, it would have looked like a Tyrell Corporation building

@flummox3d Месяц назад

< You/We wield the Gun/You > < The Board appoints you > < Congratulations, Director >

@michaeldebidart 6 дней назад

A fellow cultured Control fan, nice

@kostasviper Месяц назад

It feels like I asked you "How many of these orange pieces do you have??", and your answer was "Yes....".

@LightWarriorK Месяц назад

I love this! But.... The pyramid only buckled because it was spun. I don't think (at least it doesn't look like from the vid) it was the weight that did it, but the lateral force from the pyramid tipping over. While impractical to do, I think the true test would be how many blocks it takes to make the bottom layer buckle while stationary.

@BrickBending Месяц назад

Truth. If I secure more 2x3 inverted slopes I will continue the experiment.

@LightWarriorK Месяц назад

@@BrickBending Sweet!

@cowboybarbaryn1302 11 дней назад

The thing with pyramids is by nature of the design when you have the biggest side on the bottom, the shape does a really good job of dispersing the weight so it does a really good job of holding stable. I feel like if there’s a point where it buckles under its own weight that’ll actually be the plastic itself failing rather than the construction. But who knows

@dnr-vs1lk 25 дней назад

The view from the side reminded me of a Sierpinski triangle, and now I want to see how many permutations a proper Sierpinski triangle version could make it to. I’d guess it would only make it to three, since each permutation is more than double the size of the last and with bigger voids each time it would be less sturdy as well, but maybe the reduced weight would let it get bigger anyway.

@shadydaemon4178 29 дней назад

If anyone is wondering how the decision making mechanic in games like Fallout 4 or Skyrim looks like in a physical form, this is it.

@wandyrful 6 дней назад

This is also a good example of executive pay packages and their comparison to average employee pay.

@kummer45 18 дней назад

He discovered parametric architecture without a computer. This makes him a true artist. He dedicated his ‘computer’ bending lego.

@matmil5 Месяц назад

I love how eldritch it looks!

@SeraphimKnight 25 дней назад

Every time I watch one of these videos, I keep thinking this guy probably single-handedly spikes the prices of single pieces lol

@DrGoatens Месяц назад

These videos are always so satisfying and relaxing.

@Zippy_Zolton Месяц назад

I wish this was 6 hours long

@Ponk_80 Месяц назад

You must be the most patient person on RU-vid. My brain would explode if I had to do the same thing a thousand times in a row.

@vladimirpain3942 25 дней назад

"Lego click" is definitelly in top 10 most satisfying sounds.

@straybricks 29 дней назад

I’m imagining how clean it would look if the tiles were 2x4 and covered all of the studs.

@gamez4evershorts193 26 дней назад

This guy is so good at building creations

@strawberrymilk9767 28 дней назад

I read the title as "How big can an introverted lego pyramid get"

@leonardhangonyi 28 дней назад

I love how he doesn't forget to play with the build properly.

@austinbundenthal4249 4 дня назад

Am I the only one who kinda wants to see this man’s bricklink order history?

@Ultracity6060 9 дней назад

Imagine how stable this would be if you built it upside-down.

@LucasKeesee-vm8yp 3 дня назад

I have never wanted a bag of cheese-puffs as badly as I do right now.

@hengelv 23 дня назад

When he keeps adding layers I think “did he go on a shopping spree at Temu”

@vismaykedilaya1318 29 дней назад

the only thing that would make this more satisfying is if you used 2*4 tiles on the top of each "brick" instead of 2*2 tiles. otherwise, extremely relaxing and i love it. also, in a different color pattern, it kinda looks like a dystopian housing bloc like Blade-runner or 1984 or smth

@jimcurt99 28 дней назад

The people at the Lego store are like "you want HOW MANY? please repeat that"

@maxoversteer 17 дней назад

I sent the last half of the video wondering what it would look like if it was flipped over. Left with having to turn my phone upside down to find out.

@user-eo6wh1ky3o Месяц назад

Just sent you a “thanks” from one Lego genius to another!!😊

@BrickBending Месяц назад

Many, many thank yous my friend. 🙌

@DarkVoidIII 13 дней назад

5:45 Either there's a weird lighting artifact, or some of the layers aren't properly pressed down. I figure it's the former, but if it were the latter, it would have altered the forces exerted on the subsequent layers of bricks a little. A little force in the wrong direction can make or break a build. I don't know if it's possible to make it completely sound structurally, but you did really well for a very big challenge you set yourself! Well done! 😁👍

@TheQuestioned 22 дня назад

This is very impressive but now I’m curious if it’s possible to do the opposite with regular 2x3 slopes and make a giant octahedron

@ellieban Месяц назад

What about a 3D snake skin belt arrangement? That might keep it lighter and no less strong.

@darthcalebyt9526 Месяц назад

imagine what a city would look like on this or a roman gladiator ring on top

@lilllama6979 Месяц назад

Cool

@gorg7937 Месяц назад

The fractal

@broodrooster06 16 дней назад

Ninjaaaa, GOOOOOOOO

@konignickerchen7265 21 день назад

If it ain't bending, it ain't trending.

@MeriaDuck Месяц назад

No bricks were harmed ❤

@liamfennell9728 18 дней назад

does this work with twice the density of rows? meaning the 2x2’s are replaced with sets of inverted slopes

@Raadicality 28 дней назад

It's a fractal

@lorenzobenini7031 3 дня назад

now make it into a fractal

@10hawell 4 дня назад

I would only build outer wall of the pyramid (maybe 2 modules thick) - bigger with same amount of pieces.

@fo-ef8qo 10 дней назад

i need lego to give me this set now

@Caldoric 28 дней назад

Make a Sierpenski fractal out of this!

@TarynBeeswax 28 дней назад

I would assume it could go infinitely given the tension doesn't tear apart any of the individual pieces

@gamingborger 25 дней назад

what do you do fer a living? this guy: i play with legos :)

@randolflp8626 26 дней назад

When it reached 5m of hight, could you make a part two?

@shaihulud4515 29 дней назад

Short answer: until it collapses under it's own weight.

@frecklechick1 29 дней назад

I have always wondered how much dose each vid cost?

@ProactiveYellow 29 дней назад

Now build it recursively so each layer is made out of copies of the previous

@KYLEandALEX 25 дней назад

i've always wonderd if these lego build chanels are sponsored by lego or have an obscene amount of money

@InfernalRapture 9 дней назад

Usually the latter.

@user-ce7ic1ze2u 24 дня назад

Geez, how many total pieces??

@user-eo6wh1ky3o Месяц назад

What does your bracelet signify?

@omatic_opulis9876 Месяц назад

brick bending

@BrickBending Месяц назад

At this point I think my videos have had more views from being copied and uploaded elsewhere than from the original uploads, so the bracelet is essentially a watermark people can't remove.

@Paufranne Месяц назад

0:35 picnic table

@rabidcabbage7230 Месяц назад

👍

@sarakajira 24 дня назад

This looks like something made by the Tyrell Corporation 😂

@aaaleland9316 Месяц назад

i remember watching the stream

@BrickBending Месяц назад

Glad you could be there 🙌

@zak6933 25 дней назад

How is this inverted?

@kaitodieweipfeife7213 17 дней назад

I am sad that he did not turn it around to let it look like an actual pyramid for one moment :(

@TheCompleteMental Месяц назад

Someone stop him, he's a madman

@amyshaw893 Месяц назад

Ok but... Whats the answer? How big can you make it before it breaks?

@BrickBending Месяц назад

3666 pieces, if I'm spinning it. But it could be larger--a story for another video.

@Anonymous-bk9xy Месяц назад

The Las Vegas Pyramid?

@nyekomimi Месяц назад

Question: Can it get more stable by adding 1x2 tiles as reinforcement?

@BrickBending Месяц назад

If I used 2x4 tiles it would definitely be stronger, although the look of the top layer wouldn't be as interesting.

@nyekomimi Месяц назад

@@BrickBending TYVM for reply! Tho I was thinking using secondary color in 1x2 tiles on each side instead

@BrickBending 24 дня назад

@@nyekomimi That would also be a very interesting look.

@patrickwest5516 Месяц назад

If it wasn't for the spin, you might've kept going. I don't think you're finished yet. 😁

@JamesTDG 26 дней назад

Brickcursion

@BobBob-jy9ue 29 дней назад

How many bricks?

@veenavee7493 27 дней назад

Sierpiński’s Lego set

@CMan185 Месяц назад

ain’t this uhh the kevlar fraction

@kevinolver39 Месяц назад

Watched your livestream of this event. No less impressive now than then

@BrickBending Месяц назад

Thanks for being there! 🙌

@ivansmith654 Месяц назад

Mine is very small you can't see it!

@DaRealBruner Месяц назад

Not nearly large enough

@Himinoimnoi3298 17 дней назад

Smash.

@anonymous-sus406 День назад

What are you doing? You are not allowed to use the yellow bricks to make a pyramid

@pvtglarson1 Месяц назад

but can you stand on it

@BrickBending Месяц назад

Nope

@UmJammerRammyOfficial 19 дней назад

donate me some peices my guy 😭

@Jakob_732 27 дней назад

Why you wearing gloves?

@KingZedusPrime2009TyrentKaiju День назад

Dirty non white hands...

@honziksmesny1271 Месяц назад

He made pewdiepie and jackseptickeye minecraft house into a real thing

@jeffreyfiegen1538 28 дней назад

"And it was this day, that the once respected *History* Channel greenlit another 28 seasons of pseudoscientific conspiracy nonsense. Oh, and Netflix greenlit 4 more seasons of similar 'content.'"